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Robert’s Packaging Corp. (Battle Creek, MI): Robert G. Koppe, chairman of the board, CEO; Christopher R. Burrows, president, CEO.

PMMI executive board officers: (clockwise from top left) Bernard M. McPheely, Dennis P. McGrath, Robert S. Potdevin, Anthony J.
PMMI executive board officers: (clockwise from top left) Bernard M. McPheely, Dennis P. McGrath, Robert S. Potdevin, Anthony J.

Graham Packaging (York, PA): Roger M. Prevot, CEO; John A. Buttermore, gen. mgr., food and beverage unit.

Hoppmann Corp. (Haymarket, VA): Mark Flanagan, president.

Topwave Industries Ltd. (Marietta, GA): Stephen Caldwell, president, COO.

Amcor Twinpak (Montreal, Quebec, Canada): Garry B. Davis, president, CEO, Amcor PET Packaging, and vp, Amcor Twinpak North America Inc.

Milacron (Batavia, OH): Marty Lakes, president, Uniloy Milacron.

Black Clawson (Fulton, NY): Carl C. Landegger, chairman of the board; Richard Pignataro, CEO, LI Group; Mark A. Panozzo, president, gen. mgr., Black Clawson Converting Machinery LLC; William Stevenson, dir., customer service.

FlexLink (Bethlehem, PA): Dave Clark, president, Western hemisphere operations.

Adept Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA): John Dulchinos, vp, North American sales.

CFC Holographics (Chicago Heights, IL): David C. Beeching, vp, Holographics Security Group.

Westvaco Corp. (New York, NY): G. Thomas Cruce, vp, mgr., U.S. sales; Charles E. Johnson Jr., vp, mgr., global sales; James L. Martin, senior vp, mgr., sales and customer resources; James F. Jordan, senior vp, mgr., marketing and new business development.

Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA): Bernard M. McPheely, chairman, executive committee; Dennis P. McGrath, vice chairman, executive committee; Anthony J. Izzi, secretary/treasurer, executive committee; Robert S. Potdevin, immediate past chairman, executive committee.

BluePrint Automation, Inc. (Colonial Heights, VA): Michael Ganacoplos, vp, gen. mgr.

FilmX (Dayville, CT): Michael Quarrey, gen. mgr.

R.A. Jones & Co. Inc. (Cincinnati, OH): Jim Zdinak, mgr., technical sales; Gary Vulgamore, senior integration eng.

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